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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nabalus autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nabalus autumnalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Prenanthes autumnalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-001:

Prenanthes autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nabalus virgatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root


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image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_navi3_001_lvd

        

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Rob Hunnings    rlh_grswamp_20131025d

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

The inflorescence may occupy half or more of the plant's height of 2-4', per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Rob Hunnings    rlh_nik5_11418

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Its narrow spikelike panicle distinguishes it from other Prenanthes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Rob Hunnings    rlh_nik5_11418b

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Rob Hunnings    rlh_nik5_11418c

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Will Stuart    wil_n_autumnalis_1430

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Will Stuart    wil_n_autumnalis_1432

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Dandelion-like leaves slightly clasp the tall, glabrous stem. — Will Stuart

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Will Stuart    wil_n_autumnalis_1448

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Inflorescences narrow and elongate (virgate); flowers pink to purple, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Will Stuart    wil_n_autumnalis_1490b

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Calyculi green to purple, triangular to subulate; phyllaries pink or purple, glabrous, per Flora of North America.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Rattlesnake-root

image of Nabalus autumnalis, Slender Rattlesnake-root, One-sided Rattlesnake-root

Will Stuart    wil_n_autumnalis_1494

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers nodding with spreading rays and long slender stamens. — Will Stuart

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nabalus autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prenanthes autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nabalus autumnalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Prenanthes autumnalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-06-001:
Prenanthes autumnalis   FAMILY Asteraceae_

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nabalus virgatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3058

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, pine savannas, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pinkish, sometimes lavender or white
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish-brown
Achene

 

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